The post you are replying to merely makes a statement, not the ethical argument that you have interpreted it as (though your distinction between hard choices an

The post you are replying to merely makes a statement, not the ethical argument that you have interpreted it as (though your distinction between hard choices and villainy is important.) I happen to think that it is an incorrect statement, and that, while leaders of millions will make mistakes, they need not necessarily be villainous. To be clear, I am not claiming that Churchill's actions in Ireland, Iraq and India were merely mistakes - the worst of them, together with the attitudes that allegedly justified them, belong in the annals of infamy.